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Autore |
Taillant Jorge Daniel <1968-> |
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Glaciers : the politics of ice / / Jorge Daniel Taillant |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756292-2 |
0-19-936727-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Glaciers |
Glacial erosion |
Glaciers - Environmental aspects |
Glaciers - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2015. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Glaciers are one of the worlds most important natural resources, and yet they are largely unprotected by environmental policy. This book is a scientific, cultural, and political examination of the worlds ice, showing all the ways in which glaciers are critical to our global ecosystem and making suggestions for protecting them better in the future. |
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